The Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the University Hospital of Würzburg offers surgical treatment of all congenital and acquired heart and lung diseases in adulthood, including heart transplant. The director of the Department is Professor Dr. med. Rainer G. Leyh.

Due to the use of the most advanced cardiac support systems and tight cooperation with other institutions at the University Hospital of Würzburg, the Department, performing 1,500 operations a year, is very well prepared for the treatment of emergency and high-risk patients.

The Department has a unique experience in thoracic aortic surgery, where modern techniques, such as stent implantation, are getting more and more important. In cooperation with the Department of Cardiology, there is sometimes provided minimally invasive aortic valve replacement. The Department under the direction of Professor Dr. med. Rainer G. Leyh is a leader in Germany with a very low level of perioperative mortality.

The range of medical services in the Section of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital of Würzburg:

Bypass surgery upon coronary artery stenosis

Heart valve surgery

Implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators

Other operations in case of cardia arrhythmia

Mini-Maze surgery

Pulmonary vein ablation

Aorta surgery upon dissection and aneurysm

Other heart surgery

Surgery upon pericardial diseases

Surgery upon heart tumors

Surgical treatment of heart failure:

Implantation of an artificial heart for the temporary (before heart transplant) or long-term therapy

Mitral valve plication

Ventricular aneurysm removal

Heart transplant

Thoracic surgery at the University Hospital of Würzburg offers the full range of minimally invasive and open thoracic interventions. Through the introduction of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in the Department and cooperation with the sections of the Center for Operational Medicine (ZOM) of the Faculty of Medicine, there are also performed more complex resections, in particular, with the use of the cardiopulmonary bypass. The Section of Thoracic Surgery is part of the Multidisciplinary Cancer Center of East Franconia.

The range of services in the field of thoracic surgery includes:

Bronchology

Video-assisted thoracoscopic treatment of pneumothorax

Septic thoracic surgery

Video-assisted thoracoscopic and open purification of empyema cavity

Surgical treatment of aspergillosis

Thoracoplasty

Cancer surgery

According to the Focus magazine rating of 2017, the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeryat the University Hospital of Würzburg ranks among the top German departments specializing in cardiac surgery!

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Program includes:

Initial presentation in the clinic

clinical history taking

review of medical records

physical examination

laboratory tests:

complete blood count

biochemical analysis of blood

inflammation indicators (CRP, ESR)

indicators blood coagulation

TSH-basal

blood gas analysis

chest x-ray examination

bronchography

measurement of arterial blood pressure

electrocardiogram (ECG)

echocardiography (ECHO)

high-resolution computed tomography (HR-CT)

pulmonary function test

preoperative care

mediastinoscopy with tumor excsion

histologically and immunohistochemicallyexamination of the remote tissues